Muck diving?

[Zman96]

Muck diving. Diving anywhere in the vicinity of OW students.

Classic. Even worse is going past the OW class when the Viz is only 10' to begin with, I couldn't see my computer at all, but it did teach us good buddy skills.

Brian

 

[bane51031]

In Iowa being landlocked most of the water has rather poor viz. due to silt,goose crap etc., I drive an hour and a half to Lake Okoboji where viz. ranges from 3ft. to 20 feet, rather 5-10 being the norm. or have the option of hitting one of the holes near me where viz. is measured in inches not feet.Most of the diving I do in training and such on the Sheriff's dive team is black water meaning zero viz. why do I do it because it is either that or sitting at my computer dreaming of my next trip to the beautiful clear waters. I know of many muck divers (Almost All)who will dive clear water but, I know even more clear water divers that refuse to climb into the cesspools we dive round here LOL.

 

[ScubaSteve]

In Iowa being landlocked most of the water has rather poor viz. due to silt,goose crap etc., I drive an hour and a half to Lake Okoboji where viz. ranges from 3ft. to 20 feet, rather 5-10 being the norm. or have the option of hitting one of the holes near me where viz. is measured in inches not feet.Most of the diving I do in training and such on the Sheriff's dive team is black water meaning zero viz. why do I do it because it is either that or sitting at my computer dreaming of my next trip to the beautiful clear waters. I know of many muck divers (Almost All)who will dive clear water but, I know even more clear water divers that refuse to climb into the cesspools we dive round here LOL.

I am proud to be a member of the crew that WILL dive your conditions rather than the other option. Just to be underwater. As long as it is safe, I do not care what I see.

 

[NOVIZWHIZ]

keep in mind black-water normally refers to water stained by tannic acid.....there is usually some viz - kinda like looking thru soda (pepsi, coke)...there's actually no sediment floating in it - now what's truly "no viz" is like chocolate milk - no need to even carry a light...the avatar photo I have shows me with a port hole that came out of a Civil War blockade runner...I found it by digging thru a bale of cotton with a claw hammer, hacking away I heard a clank - this had burned out of the hull and fallen down into the cargo hold....I would have never "seen" it in the murk.

 

[ScubaJeff123]

A friend of mine likes to dive low visibility rivers and he has found old civil war artifacts and large, ancient sharks teeth. He has a room filled with old civil war artifacts.

 

[bane51031]

When I say black water you see nothing but, black yes a light would do you no good it swallows the light.If you held your hand to your face you wouldn't know it.Water here in Iowa like this is silt ridden.

 

[Gary D.]

Here is a UK800R at about 6' away. Vis isn't all that bad for what we normally do.

http://www.scubaboard.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/14319/ppuser/2714

Gary D.

 

[ygthad]

Pictures are great !

 

[kitson]

Really dont' know why.. but first image came to mind on Muck Diving is diving for golfballs on hole #9.